"ketamine" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɛt.ə.mɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkiː.tə.miːn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɛt.əˌmin/ [General-American], /ˈki.təˌmin/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ketamine.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ketamines [plural]
Etymology: Blend of ketone + amine. First use appears c. 1966. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|ketone|amine}} Blend of ketone + amine Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ketamine (countable and uncountable, plural ketamines)
  1. (pharmacology) A synthetic compound used as an anesthetic and analgesic drug and also (illicitly) as a hallucinogen. Wikipedia link: ketamine Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical drugs, Recreational drugs Synonyms: Special K [slang] Derived forms: K-hole, Special K, esketamine, S-ketamine, R-ketamine, RS-ketamine Translations (pain-killing drug): 氯胺酮 (lǜ'āntóng) (Chinese Mandarin), 克他命 (kètāmìng) (Chinese Mandarin), K粉 (kēifěn) [colloquial] (Chinese Mandarin), ketamine [feminine] (Dutch), keta [common-gender] (Dutch), ketamiini (Finnish), κεταμίνη (ketamíni) [feminine] (Greek), ketamina [feminine] (Polish), cetamina [feminine] (Portuguese), quetamina [feminine] (Portuguese), ketamină [feminine] (Romanian), кетами́н (ketamín) [masculine] (Russian), ketamina [feminine] (Spanish), ketamin [neuter] (Swedish)

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